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The village began to expand in 1866-1867 when a local man came up with a scheme to transform it into a popular seaside resort.

Construction began in 1542 and was completed by 1550, using stone salvaged from the Benedictine priory.

New streets began to be laid out as the town's population increased with the influx of new workers.

Although close to the River Soar, it was not until the arrival of the railway that it began to expand.

A new graving dock was built in the early 1870s and work on the James Watt Dock began in 1881. In this view, we see the smoking chimneypots of Greenock and the entrance to Gare Loch.

Development began in around 1870 with the arrival of the Great Northern Railway, but it was the arrival of the Piccadilly Line in 1933 that produced mass housing.

The trade with the Channel Islands and France began soon after the Norman Conquest.

Part of it was used as a rubbish tip, but landscaping began in 1905 with the laying out of the first bowling green.

The building of Scarborough Castle began around 1135. The castle was the scene of the first action by the barons against Edward II.

The staunchly Royalist Wentworth family arrived in 1614; Lord Wentworth and his son fled to command the Royalist cavalry when war began.

Roger Flambard, the Bishop of Durham and the king`s trusted adviser, began this largely Norman building towards the end of the 11th century.

It could be said that the modern history of Barrow-in-Furness began with the birth of the Furness Railway in 1846, when a line was opened from Kirky and Crooklands to Rampside and Barrow.

Most of the building is under a flat roof, which doubtless very soon began to leak! Dustbins arranged along the front of the building might today be considered a health hazard.

Town and canal prospered for some 50 years but, with the advent of the railway, the Ivel Navigation Trust began to incur heavy losses and in 1876 the Trust and its canal were closed.

It was there that Lord Joseph Lister first began antiseptic treatment and Dr John Macintyre was the first to use X-rays for diagnosis.

They began a local business, and in 1939 transferred the tapestry workshop to Cambridge, leaving the metalwork in the hands of local craftsmen, Olney and Newbury.

It could be said that the modern history of Barrow-in-Furness began with the birth of the Furness Railway in 1846, when a line was opened from Kirky and Crooklands to Rampside and Barrow.

Demolition began in 1870, but once again the tower and spire were spared. A new chancel and nave were erected between 1872 and 1876.

The work began in 1892. This feature built by the road was an artificial waterfall and rustic bridge, with rocks giving the impression of a mountain scene.

Construction began in 1834 and was completed by 1846.

When he built Ayot House, Sir Leonard Lyde found that the old church had blocked his view, and began to demolish it without permission from the bishop.

Simultaneous construction of the castle and town wall began in the summer of 1283. The wall, which enclosed the medieval borough, is 800 yds long with eight towers and two twin-towered gateways.

When coal mining began on a commercial scale, the town's fortunes grew rapidly.

Legend relates that the lord of the manor of Tetbury was sailing across the Irish Sea when his ship was holed and began to sink.